Nabataean

• Nabatean, Nabathean
• Nabatæan (archaic)

Latin Nabataeus, Ancient Greek Ναβαταῖος (Nabataîos), ultimately from the same root as Arabic أَنْبَاط (ʔanbāṭ)

• IPA^(key): /ˌnæ.bəˈtiː.ən/

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• Rhymes: -iən
• Hyphenation: Na‧ba‧tae‧an

Nabataean (plural Nabataeans)

1. (historical) Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan.

   Synonym: Nabathite

Nabataean

1. The language of those people.

Nabataean (comparative more Nabataean, superlative most Nabataean)

1. Relating to the Nabataean people or their language.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

     We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.